William Mitford was an English historian, landowner, and politician. His best known work is The History of Greece, published in ten volumes between 1784 and 1810.

John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, PC, KC, FRS, known as Sir John Mitford between 1793 and 1802, was an English lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1801 and 1802 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland between 1802 and 1806.